Brickstone Masonry, Inc.

Brickstone Masonry, Inc. is a family-owned stone masonry and landscape construction company at 174 Chief Justice Cushing Hwy in Hingham, MA, run by mason Ben Bascon with Ashley Bascon handling design. By its own account it has 13 years of experience, offers free estimates, and builds patios, retaining walls, walkways, outdoor kitchens and fireplaces, and does brick repointing and dry-stack stone walls; Houzz lists a Best of Boston 2021 award and seven Houzz awards. Homeowners who hired them rate the company 5.0 on Houzz (26 ratings), Angi and HomeAdvisor (6 each), and their written accounts describe hard, careful stonework. In January 2025 reviews, a customer praised a retaining wall designed exactly to their needs, another described a new paver driveway, and a third a paver patio. In a 2018 Houzz review, a homeowner described Ben rebuilding a century-old granite retaining wall on a tight main-street sidewalk with a two-man crew, adding footings and drainage; in 2019 another had used the company four times for chimney work, retaining walls, granite steps and culvert work. Reviewers from 2015 through 2020 repeatedly mention the same habits: Ashley's computer renderings before ground is broken, a detailed proposal, a crew that cleans the site every day, and projects finished on time and on budget. One 2015 Brookline customer noted the quote was mid-range among four bids rather than the cheapest, and a 2019 reviewer said the design stayed within a set price range. Most of the detailed accounts date from 2015 to 2020, with three short reviews in January 2025, so ask about recent comparable projects and current lead times. Brickstone is a strong call for high-end residential hardscape and natural-stone work around the South Shore and Boston; confirm the estimate, the schedule and who will be on site.